Vanity-case.



T. SHERWOOD.

VANITY CASE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-25. 1911.

1 ,290,671 Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

TAYLOR snnnwoon, or

NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MAURICE LEVY, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEWYORK.

VANITY-CASE.

To all whom z't may-concem Be it known that I Dr. TAYLOR Srmnwoon,

a citizen of the Unlted States, residing-at New Rochelle, in the countyof Westchester and State of New York, have invented. certain new anduseful Improvements in Vary ity-Cases, of which the followmg 1s aspecification.

My invention relates to face or toilet powder containers and moreparticularly to toilet powder containers where the powder is In tabletor compact form.

Face or tollet powder besides being sold in boxes and cans well-known tothe trade is also packed in small wax paper envelops, in small aperboxes and in tablets or more generally known to the trade as compactswhich are tablets of compressed powder of which a smallquantity may beobtained by rubbing the tablet with a piece of cloth or powder pufl.These compacts are generally sold in containers of wood, paper or metal,suflicient s ace being allottedin the contamers'of sai compacts for apowder puff and often a mirror. Cases containing such compacts haveachieved considerable popularity but are objectionable on account of thespace they occupy owlng to the necessity of having suflicient. room fora powder pu-fi anda mlII'OI. A

More particularly, my invention has for its object the provision of atoilet powder tablet or compact relatively thinner than any heretoforeproduced, said compact being mounted on a rigid backin and means forfixedly securing same in a ex1 ble container.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a relatively thintoilet powder that the insertion of the mirror 8 does not compact in acontainer as aforesaid, in combination with a mirror and powder pufi',all three articles being carried in a single flexible container soarranged as to incur aminimum liability of breakage for thepowder tabletsection of Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

Application filed Dotober 25, 1917. Serial No. 198,414.

The same reference numerals indicate the same parts in all the figures.

The case 9 is constructed throughout of a flexible material such as thinleather so that every part thereof is very freely bendable, and no partthereof can maintain its shape when subjected to stress except whenprovided with a rigid supporting surface. Thls feature of my inventionis very important in preventing the breakage of the glass articlesintended to be carried in said case, by the movement of the body, or bythe impact of other articles which may be present in the users handbag,etc.

Besides thin leather any fabric that can be readily bent by the fingersmay be substituted. f

The case 9' consists of two pocket-like halves 1 and 2 connected by anintermediate connecting portion 10 of a single thickness. The pockets 1and 2 are formed by bending the fabric backwardlyand stitching aroundthree sides of the pocket so formed, leaving the side adjacent theconnecting portion 10 free and unsewed.

One of the pockets, as pocket 1 for ex-' ample, has a mirror 8 insertedtherein, of

such dimensions as to project on all sides beyond the opening 3 formedin the upper member of said pocket 1, but to be spaced from all sides ofsaid pocket, so that it is not only protected by a double thickness ofthe material of the case, but also by the fact that the sewed edges ofthe pocket are spaced from the mirror. This is clearly shown .in Fig. 3by the position of the stitch lines 12.

The position of the stitch lines 12 is such A powder pllfi' 5 isinserted into the pocket 1 1 of the container over the mirror, thepowder puff serving both to protect the mirror from breaking andas acover for the powder tablet. As shown in the drawings, the thickness ofthe tablet of toilet powder is less than the thickness of the mirror andpowder puff.

When the powder puff is inserted, the material of the half 1 is tightlystretched so as to form the shoulder 14 and hold the puff in position,and when the wafer 4 is thrust into place the half 2 is tightlystretched and the shoulder 7 is formed. The wafer 4 has its center atthe same distance from the median line as the center of mirror 8, andwhen the case is folded over, wafer 4' lies wholly within mirror 8.

The shape of the rigid backing of wafer 4, which has a convex periphery,and the fact that the thin compressed layer is of uniform thickness, aswell as the fact that the wafer is tightly held in position, makes thewafer durable, so that no powder is accidentally rubbed off.

By the foregoing arrangement a powder puff, mirror and powder tablet aresecurely held in a thin and flexible container with a minimum liabilityof breakage for the mirror and the powder tablet.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention but it is clear thatnumerous changes can be made in details without departing from thespirit thereof.

What I claim is 4 1. In combination, a flexible case having two pocketlike halves connected by an intermediate portion, one of said halveshaving a thin rigid powder tablet therein, and having an opening in oneside, through which powder may be scraped off the said tablet, the otherof said halves having an opening sufficiently large to receive a mirrorand powder-puff, the thickness of said tablet being less than that ofthe said mirror and powder puff.

2. In combination, a rigid compressed toilet tablet and a pocket-likeflexible case therefor, one of the sides of said pocket having anaperture through which powder can be scraped ofl' said tablet, theflexible material of the said holder being tightly stretched over andaround the said tablet so as to frictionally engage it, the said tabletbeing smaller than the said pocket and the stretched material of thesaid holder having a shoulder formed therein intermediate the peripheryof the said holder and the said tablet.

3. In combination, a flexible case having two-pocket-like halvesconnected by an intermediate portion, one of said halves having a rigidpowder tablet therein and havin an opening in one side thereof through wich powder may be scraped oil the said tablet, the flexible material ofthe said half being tightly stretched over and around the said rigidtablet so as to frictionally engage it and hold it in fixed relativeposition, the said tablet being smaller than the said pocket, thetightly stretched material of the said pocket having a shoulder formedtherein intermediate the periphery of said tablet and the periphery ofthe said half, the other of said halves having large so as to receive amirror and powderpufi', and having an openin therein, the powder-puffbeing adjacent said opening and the material of said second-mentionedhalf being tightly stretched over and around the said mirror andpowder-puff so as to frictionally engage them and hold them in fixedrelative position, said mirror and powder-pufl' being smaller than thepocket containing them and the flexible material of the saidsecond-mentioned pocket having a shoulder formed therein between theeripheries of said mirror and said pow er-pufl and the periphery of saidsecond-mentioned pocket.

4. In combination, a flexible case having two pocket-like. halvesconnected by an intermediate portion, one of said halves having a rigidpowder tablet therein and having an opening in one side thereof throughwhich powder may be scraped off the said tablet, the flexible materialof the said half being tightly stretched over and around the said rigidtablet, so as to frictionally engage it and hold it in fixed relativeposition, the said tablet being smaller than the said pocket, thetightly stretched material of the said pocket having a shoulder formedtherein intermediate the periphery of said tablet and the periphery ofthe said half, the other of said halves havin an opening sufiicientlylarge so as to receive a mirror and a powderpufi', and having an openintherein, the powder-pufl' being adjacent said opening and thematerial'of said second-mentioned half being tightly stretched over andaround the said mirror and powder-puff so as to frictionally engage themand hold them in fixed relative position, said mirror and powderpuffbeing smaller than the pocket containing them and the flexible materialof the sald second-mentioned pocket havin a shoulder formed thereinbetween the perlpheries of said mirror and said owder-pufl and theperiphery of said secon -mentioned pocket, the said wafer lying whollywithin said mirror when the said halves are folded over.

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DR. TAYLOR SHERWOOD.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my' an opening sufliciently

